Vending-machine.



P. J. SOHUMANN. VENDING MAOHXNE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY'T, 1910 1,025,075 Patented Apr. 30, 1912 4 BHEETSSHEBT l,

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VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION rum MAY 7,1910

1,025,075. Patented Apr. 30, 1912.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 2 W I V Attorneys F. J. SGHUMANN. VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 7, 1910. 1,025,075.

4 SHEETBSHEET 8 lnventdr Attorneys Patented Apr. 30, 1912.

F. J. SOHUMANN.

VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED mm, 1910 1,025,075, Patented Apr. 30, 1912.

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a means whereby an inserted UNITED sTA rns PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK J. SCHUMANN, OF BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA.

VENDING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 30, 1912.

Application filed May 7, 1910. Serial No. 560,055.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LFRANK J. Smrmxtanm' The present invention is adapted to either single or multiple machines and comprises in of proper value and-in proper condition will establish predetcrmineiil relations between the part of the iii-.icliinc accessible to and actuated by the operator. and the vending side of the machine as to cause the delivery of the stamp or ticket, or like article into position to be readily withdrawn by the operator or customer.

The present iuventioi'i comprises means whereby inap 'iropriate coins or slugs will fail to operate the machine and will be returned totlie customer.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of'the following descript ion taken in connection with the accompanving drawings forming a part of this specification, in which drawings:

Figure 1 is a vertical fronti 'to rear see; tiion through showing the operating mechanism in most part in elevation. Fig. 2 is a front eleven tion of the machine with a number-of separate vending mechanisms, with parts of the casing broken away and parts of the interior mechanism in section. Fig. 3 is a. sect-ion on the line A-B of Fi 1. Fig. 4 is a section on' the line CD of ii 5 is a section on the line E-F 0 Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a plan view of the cam actuated lever for controlling the actuating and delivery mechanisms. Fig'. 7 is a view showing a detail of the lever of Fig. 6. 8 is a perspective view showing the engaging portions of the actuating and delivery mechanisms.

Referring to the drawings there is shown a casing 1 of suitable size and shape to house the casing of the machine 1. Fig.

the several mechanisms necessary for the coin lock and vending devices and In the drawings the casing is of sutiicient size to house three such mechanisms any one of 0 which may be operated on the introduction of a proper Cam.

In the casing each vending apparatus is mounted in a suitable framework made up of spaced side plates 2, 3,' connected to- 5 gether by bolts 4 carrying spacing sleeves 5, or any other suitable construction whereby the side plates 2 and 3 are held in spaced relation may be employed. Between the bot toms of the side plates 2 and 3 is a spacing block -6 which may rest on and be secured to the bottom 7 of the main easing of the machine.

On top of the side plates .2 and 3 are posts or standards 8 'notehed at the upper ends to receive the journals 9 of a drum 10. \Vound on the drum 10 is a web 11 of tickets or stamps or like articles to be vnded. Secured between the upper, ends of the side plates 2. and. 3 is a curved guide member 19 having formed in the under face a series of parallel longitudinal grooves 13, this guide plate 12 heingthel l between the side plates by screws 14- and spacing sleeves 15. The

opposite long edges'of the grooved face 12 are formed withledges 16 to which are attached strips 17 under-riding the face of the strip 12 on each side ottl e series of grooves 13, these strips forming edge supports for the web of stamps or tickets as will hereinafter appear. At a point about midway the length of the curved member 12 are side plates 18 projecting for a distance below the lower grooved face of the strip 12 and along the bottom edge provided with inturned flanges 19 for a purpose which will presently appear.

The web 11 is carried from the supply roll around a guide roller 20 journaled on a rod 21 secured at the ends in the side plates Qand 3 and from this roller the web. is carmed to the under surface of the curved strip 12 in the passage between said under surface and the strips 17 to be ultimately direeted toward a discharge guide block or chute 22 at the front of the casing, this' chute having a passage therethrough widened at the receiving end so that the end of the web or as will hereinafter appear of the tickets or stamps will find ready entrance thereinto while the passage 23' is curved downward and made of less size in the direction of the thickness ofthe tickets so that at the discharge, end the stamp or ticket is frictionally engaged to remain in the-discharge chute until withdrawn therefrom by the customer, the frictional engagement being so regulated that the ticket will not fall from the chute but may be readily withdrawn by the customer without sensible effort. The guide member 12 carries near each end elastic arms 24 carrying at their free ends pressure pins 25 serving to hold the web at these points frictionally against movement except under a suflicient force.

Mounted on the rod 21 on each side of the roller 20 is an elastic or spring yoke 26 carrying at its free end a roller 27 adapted to engage the web 11 between the supply drum and the roller 20. The roller 27 serves as a tension roller which, however, will yield to a force tending to draw the web from the main supply drum.

At the discharge end of the guide strip 12 there is provided a shear plate 28 over which there is movable a knife or shear blade 29 pivotally connected to one end of a lever 30 composed of two spaced bars 31 joined by connecting and spacingrods 32, 33, the latter named rod, that is the rod 33 being in part or in whole of rectangular cross section for a purpose which will presently appear. The lever 30 is carried by a pivot rod 34 near the rear edges of the plates 2 and 3, while the front end of this lever is close to the inner wall of the front of the casing. The lever 30 is under the normal control of a spring 35 tending to maintain the lever in the elevated position against a stop member 36 and the knife blade 29 is maintained in engagement with shear blade 28 by a spring 37 carried by the stop member 36.

At a point coincident with the axis of curvature of the under face of the guide strip 12 is a pivot bolt or red 38 mounted in the side members 2 and 3. Mounted on the rod 38 is a lever made up of two spacedside members 39 of general segmental shape terminating in divergent legs 40 and joined together by bolts or rivets 41. At the outer ends the legs 40 carry a curved plate 42 entering between the guide strips 17 and having the outer surface substantially coincident with the inner faces of these guide strips 17. At each end the plate 42 is provided with a transverse series of perforations 43 for a purpose which will presently appear. 'liho perforations however are separated, one series from the other, by the length of the ticket or stamp or other article to be vondod. About midway of the length of the plate 42 and on opposite sides thereof O i 1 v are pairs of guidipins 44 between which are movable the ends of a cross bond 45 on the end of a b lt or rod 46, the other end of which traverses a suitable perforation in it guide strip 47 traversing the lever 37 at the crotch of the legs 40. Movement of the rod 46 in one direction is determined by the engagement of the end of the rod with the plate 42 and in the other direction by a cross pin 48 engaging the strip 47. About midway of its length the rod 46 carries another cross head 49 disposed at right angles to the cross head 45 and extendmg in the direction of the length of the plate 42. At the ends the cross head 49 carries series of pins 50 adapted to the series of perforations 43 in. the plate 42 and these pins and'perforations also coincide with the longitudinal grooves or recesses 13 in the guide plate 12.

The rod 46 is maintained in one position by a spring 51 attached to the lever 39 and to the cross head 49 respectively. Surrounding the rod 46 adjacent to the cross head 49 is a sprin 52. Mounted on the lever 39 on one of t e rivets or bolts/l1 betweentwo of the legs 40 is an angle level 53 having one end straddling the rod 46 iii position to engage the spring 52 while the other end is beveled as indicated at 54 so that under circumstances to be presently described this end will engage one ofthe bolts or rivets 32 of the lever 30; The lever. 39 has a short arm 55 connected by a link 56 to the lever 30 and this link 56 has an elongated slot 57 where connected to the lever- 30 so that there may b relative movement between the link and lover when necessary.

The lever 39 is normally maintained at one limit of its movement by a s ring 58 connected to the lever and to the side plate 2 or 3. The limits of movement of the lever 39 are determined by stops 59 on the guide plate 12 which stops may serve as supports for the spring members 24 before referred to. Mounted on the )ivot. bolt or rod 38 is a lever 60 having a .nort arm 61 extending between the side members of the lever 39 and terminating in a cam end 62 in the path of which is normally located the lower end of the rod 46. The lever 60 is maintained in one position by a. spring 63 and this position is determined by a stop member 64 in the path of the long arm of the lever.

Pivoted to the extremity of the long arm of the lever 60 is a bar 65 carryin at its free end a block 66 having a latera extension (37 provided with oppositely disposed bevel edges 68 which may form substantially knife edges. Fast to one of the side plates 2 or 3 of the supporting frame is a. block 69 carrying a knife edge 70 adapted to a suitable notch in a block 71 carried by a lever 72 near one end of the latter. This lever 72 also carries a threaded rod 73 on which may be mounted a counterweight 74. The bar (,5 is supported from the rod 72 by spaced strap members 75 connected at the upper 1 ends by a pin 76 in overriding relation to irmmitv trmn that arr ving tinbar ii?) is llI'FtYtcit-i with in LX- tC'IltiiHIl T? ti-i'imrii if two a :H'Wt liittliiitt'r-l n1 :1 sizlgili strip bunt tail itwii' 21ml linitwi in spayed i'iriution i=2 rim im'ur T2, Tim Hilifit vmi If tlw strip T? currivi :1 pizztv TH paw Yiiiwi n1; time vii-(t timzuii tin: tz-ip T? with TEliming:nppi'wnvhing waits. Lmtg wt in the PXttUHifiI! FT hartwwn the two sittiiiwtnimm tilcififlf i1 tilt free (-ml (it it, itViii St! pii'utmi a ilm ittil fl amt tn one of th side pintvs; snv the siiic man 3, by :1 pivot pin St. Tim :m'm' 5:11; is runnermi 111 an in t'i'liat l'tiittih point to n iihk Hi2 Hititil in turn i,- vniari 'tmi tn :1 mvk arm Sf. (H1 :1 m -i; llfi iviiivii ii inlirimiwi in tin FiiiC piati and in the semi-trail mmpm'tiiaents where men-e than: um vending fi'ppnz'n 11% is iudgn-it within Hm (using, this shaft 54% Ming mm min tn aii tin,- Ymiiiing Llmima i fift to tilt: shaft are \Plt'fiil arm vxtvilrling in the extm'iur of the using through suitnbm pints formed therein aw! put iiie the Casing juim'it ii 11w handle inn 8?; within easy reach of the {'HFti-IHQI.

In p'awtivc tin Miftifi through WhtPi') the: arms 85 tXtiEHii aw PinHPi against ENTERS by suitable guard pintw HT Carrie-1! by the arms 5 13 and nny uf tiw 1mm! flit! htmlw inmiring riniirm mfw he mnptn wt, lam .uimv, the Stliwti i iili} prurient ilhtiili ile mi sil'nm'ing th fit is made it; the drawings. "Hu mmH 55 are maintained in tin. no: .141! positii'ni by it spring; in z prit 5H courting with u imp mmnhvr Rt 'im: with HUffii zn'm Hi1. iiiItCt the IPVLE T1 with its fi txihi lt T? is r tr-iiigm-ii ii Y(E:-i3til'iti tn tin viggiit t :1 iit-p0,-iih-it min. tiw (-xtvnsiwn T1" ii .maintniinmi rim-malty in tin Elmwtimi wwition i :i fining MI iiahr at man suit to ti iC QE' HCIPW T3. whi ii nut has a SOT-IVS (vi tm'if's man it: wigs hi rcneive the end at tiiti spring an that its mtutinn to the {HIHHHI of the law? may Tar. En'ijtrtl'tt. 'ltic-ntiim-vint of tin. spring ii: Emit to an adjusting :wl'mv til 0xtending through :1 inur'itt-t 9'2 on the: plate 2 and iflt'i- Hi in f h'itiun ft inf-k nut U3, Tiw zii'ijnstaiiiv spring and tin: ltijiisiflirit wuntvnwiglit it constitute it sry delimit? im um fur iuljiisting the iifit?! T2 Each wanting app?! is is prewii'iegd with 2: {'flifl (-muluit Hr vhim 54 having; ii'wutn min and this: murith Pfi i may 5w lnm'wt at an ms pnrtu'm W- nt' the casing; iii. insi t l by :i nut 90' m: the

F tin path of the' block 10%. hen a min 013 IOU too heavy a character is on the plate 78 then the block extension (37 is elevated to too great an extent to be engaged by the block 106 when the arm 83 is rocked. It is only when a coin of proper weight is lodged on the plate 78 that the lever is moved to a position causing the locating of the block extension 67 in the path of the end 108 of the block 106.

Coincident with the lower end 103 of the coin chute and in position to receive a coin from the plate T8 is another coin chute 109 having a spout 110 leading to a conduit 111 which in turn discharges into a receptacle 112 preferably located at the center of the casing 1 near the bottom of the latter and freely u essible to the customer. This receptach' r12 may be common to all the vending machines in thepne casing when more than one machine is lodged in a single casing. The coin chute 109 is provided on its inner face with a plate hinged at its lower edge to the coin chute as indicated at 11+ while the upper edge of this plate 113 is normally close to the lower end of the extension 103 and below the lowermost position of the plate 78. Near the upper portion of the chute 109 there isan overhang 11:. which when the plate 11;) is turned toward the front of the chute 105 about the hinge 114 is in close relation to the upper edge of the plate. At an intermediate point the plate ll3 is connected to one end of a link 116, the other end of which is connected to the lower end of the lever 11'? suitably supported by a pivot conueclioi'i to the supportin{ frame while the upper end of this lever is pivotallv connected to the lever 351 so that when the latter is moved the lever 11? will participate in such movement.

The plate 1l3 when its upper edge is heneath the overhang 115 will divert a coin from the plate 78 onto a guide 118 leading to a receptacle 119 within the casing and accessible to authorized persons onlyv 'lhis receptacle 11!) may be lo ated at an intermediate point and the guides lit from the several vemling machincs may lead thereinto.

Assuming that there is a suitable supplv of the web 1.1 on the drum 1') and that this web has been passed around the roller '20 and threaded through the spacibeneath the guide plate 1:! until its front end is mini-i dent with the knife 29, then it a coin of proper denomination and condition he introduced into the coin chute M it will roll edgewise past the opening 97 without escaping therefrom since the magnet $19 will hav no etl'ect on this coin and [hence the coin drops through the portion 10h of the conduit and finally reaches the inclined lower portion 101. but being of proper diameter the coin is prevented from escaping through the openings 104 by the spring 105. Ultimately the coin reaches the lateral diversion 102 of the coin chute and tinall drops flatwise upon the plate 78. The coin being of proper weight will tilt the lever it! a sufiicient distance to bring the edge (38 of the rxtcnsion (3T of the block 66 into the path of the edge end 108 ot the block 106. Now the customer. by grasping the handle 86 moves the arms 85 in a downward direction from the shaft 84 and the arm or arms 83 will participate in this rocking movement. Considering only the particular vending machine int! which the proper coin has been introduced the arm 83 will on its continued movement bring the end 108 of the block 106 into engagement with the edge (38 of the block 66 and then a rocking mow-merit will he imparted to the lever 60 as the customer continues the progressive movement of the arms 85. The movement of the lever 60 brings the cam member as into engagement with the lower end of the hat or rod ttlathus causing the lever 39 to participate in the movement of the lever 60 and this at once brings the ends of the cross head 4-3 beneath the inturned ledges or flanges it). The movementof the lever 3%) also causes through the link 56 a downward movement of the lever 30 and the \vithdra'wai of the knife 29 from the path of the welnor strip of tickets or stamps although at this partieula r time the web is not being moved. The rocking movement of the lever 35 ultimately brings the bevel edge 54 ot' the lever .33 against one of the cross pins or rivets 32 of the lever 30 and the relative movement of the lever {39 to the lever 30 causes a rocking of the lever 53 in a direction to compres the spring 52 thereby tending to move the bar it; longitudinally t0- ward the guide strip 12. This movement however is prevented by the flanges 01' ledges 1!) now being nnderridden by the cross head lfi. I'll imatelv however the cross head 15 reaches the end of the plates 18 and the spring 5; at once becomes active to move the bar to longitmlinally toward the guide plate 12. The pins 50 carried by the cross head it? participate in the longitudinal uiovenicut of the rod 46 and these pins project through the perforations 43 and through the portions of the wet) immediately overlying the perforations, the ends'of the pins entering the slots 13, the two sets of pins hein a ticket length or a stamp length apart.

During the movement'of the lever 39 in the manner just described the spring 58 has been extended and as soon as the cross head 45 moves around the ends of the ledges 19 the spring 58 becomes active to return the lever 39 to its first position since the lower end of the rod 46 has been moved upward out of the path of the cam end 62 of the lever 60, the end of the cross head 45 no traveling; along the upper edges of the ledges out of the path 05 this strip.

19. rauses a fe ding; :uti'm o? the ueh a; a tlistanre ecptal to the length of a tit-hut, the knife 2! having as hetore stated been moved However when the lever l l was luowtl downwardly luv the morenlent of the lever 39 just ttust-rilu-ti under the notion of the lever at a lut -h shoulder 120 on a rock arm 12! m unted on the side memher '3 or t as the (use may he and normally rontrollwl h}; a spring 122 moved over the liar ill and so lorhed the lever 30 from return movement under the action. of its sprin 35. llryontl the latch 15 shoulder ti t the arm 121 is provided wtth an extensi n 1:33 in the path ot' one of the holts or rivets t] securing the two side menuhers of the lever Ill! together, and when the lever 39 has completed its return movement under the action of the spring 58, the arm 122 is moved against the aetiou at its spring so as to release. the boltor bar 33 from the latch shoulder 1:30 and then the lerer may return to normal po;'t1ion under the 2 action of its spring 35 thus ti'ausil'tg the knife 29 to traverse the portion of the ll(l(tt or stamp then projtwting heyond the shear plate 28. It is to he noted that the feeding movement of the lever 39 is entirely outside 30 the volition of the, (customer.

g5 sweeps between the side members ot' the err-- tension T7 and ultimately enters the rent-H5 79 of the plate 78 striking the roin rt-sting on the plate and impelling it therefrom to Ward the conduit 109 The movement of 40 the lever 39 under the impulse of the lerer (30 has Caused a movement of the lever it? in a direction to more the plate 1 lit with its tree entl under the overhang 115 so that the roin when expelled from the plat TR strikes the inner taco oi the plate lift and tli'rrrtett to the guide 118 and by the latter int the l'tleeptarle lit). the discharge end tll) ot' the chute 100 being shut oil from the coin h the plate 11:). It the customer For any rea on pla -es a magnetic slug in the niael inrit is at onve returned to the ens-turner by the uelion of the magnet 99. If a small, coin of other ilenornination or of too small a diameter to properly operate the n'taehine it is likewise returned to the customer by the spring 105.

If however the eoin or slug reaches the plate 78 and he other than the progaer The return miwemeut ot" the lever fill E erate the lever llT remains ttltl 'lllt and the plate Eli i in its normal pi ition with the weight then the vending side of the marhtne i is not operated because the extension 67 of the blorlt' 66 is not in the path of the block 106, hut the lever 80 is operated as hefore and the improper coin is discharged from the plate TS in the. same manner as occurs with a suitahle ooin. However herause of the failure of the vending side of the machine to opupper edge rinse to the upper end i l the extension [Hit of the ruin rhule. Now a t lltt ilislrhareeil from the plate TH liuils its War against the npprr l'ui'tol' the plat ltil i guided the-retry into the rontinuation El and 'ot the rhutltilt? and tiuallv into the lt'l'ti' tat-hi llii within rruvh ol' the tthtflllitl'. thus notifying surh (llsl lni-r that the win l:- not suit'ahle for theoperation of the nun-hint so that it the rustomer shall have ltltlllllllt'ttl unintentionally an improper ruin lllt' latter is returned and a suilulilr ruin may th n he introduced into the mat-lune and the \elullug side operated properly. Sine:- the ant ire side of the vending maehiue is entirely autumatit: the lnaehine rannot he improperly worked nor so manipulated as to deliver more than is intended. The ltnil'e shields any atreess lo the strip of tllfliels or stamps after an operation of the mat-hine While the t'rietional engagement of the discharge ehute for the tieltets or stamps prevents the latter from falling and permits a slight projection of the tirltet or stamp so that the customer may readily grasp the same and withdraw it from the maehine.

It is adrisahle that the number oi operations of the vending side of the machine should he indicated so that the inspector may a eertain Whether or not the number of ruins in the rrreptuele agrees with the munher at times the vending side of the maehine has linen ope'ateil. For this purpose there is provided a counter or re-gristen ing derive 12h of any suitable character ['Ullpltti t'or artuatiou to any suitable part of the vending merhauism. as liy a linlt 125 to the short arm 55 ot the lever 2h), so that. eaeh time the lever 3.) is actuated the eountrr til. will he Caused to register sueh opera-- than,

What is claimed is:

t in a Tending muehine a coin ehute, a ruin rewiring lever having; its (:oiu rm-rriring end at the discharge end of the rhute, another lever having its free. end morahle through the min rerelxing end of the vein lever. an urinating means areessihle to a rnstotner. and e umeetions het ween the said autuating: means and the st'tuulil named leter for causing: the movement ot said setontl named lever with said art ing means.

2. In a vtganlitr; lnaehine. a vending means, an artuating means therefor Inorahle at, all times to the all extent of its travel, a eoiu responsive tori-r ha ring at one end a eoin rewiring member with a revess longitudinal of said lever, means controlled liy said lever for causing the t-oupling of the aetuating means to the vending means, arr other lever movable longitudinally of the first named lever and into the recess in the min rerreiving member, and connections between the second named lever and the actuating means.

3. In a vending machine, a vending means, an actuating means therefor, coin responsive means for coupling the vending and actuating means on the insertion of a proper coin, coin removing means for the coin responsive means connected to the actuating means and a coin directing means in the path of a coin removed from the coin responsive means and coupled to the vending means.

4. In a vending machine, a vending means, an actuating means therefor, coin responsive means for coupling the vending and actuating means on the insertion of a proper coin, coin removing means for the coin responsive means connected to the actuating means and a coin chute in the path of a coin removed from the coin responsive means, said chute ha'ving a pivoted coin directing Witli connected to the v iding means and movable therewith.

5. In a vending machine, i vending means, an actuating means th efor, coin responsive means for couplin the vending and actuating means on the insertion of a proper coirn and a coin chute leading from the coin responsive means to the exterior of the machine, said coin chute being provided with coin directing means connected to the vending means for directing a coin to the interior of the machine into a suitable re ceptacle on the operation of the vending means' 

